AMERICAN BATS — ^HANDLET 189 



intergradation between these two races of P. townsendii occurs in 

 northern Coahuila and western Texas. 



Specimens examined. — A total of 58 from the following locali- 

 ties: 



MEXICO: Coahuila: 1 mile south and 4 miles west of Bella Uni6n, 7,000 feet, 

 3s (KU); 4 miles west of Hacienda La Mariposa, 2,300 feet, Is (KU); one-half 

 mile north of Muralla, 4,500 feet, 19bs (KU); 9 miles west and 4 miles south of 

 San Buenaventura, 2,000 feet, 3s (KU); Sierra Guadalupe, 7,800 feet, 10 miles 

 south and 5 miles west of General Cepeda, Is (KU). Durango: San Juan, 3,800 

 feet, 12 miles west of Lerdo, 2s (UMMZ). Guanajuato: Santa Rosa [9,500 feet], 

 7a (.USNM). Guanajuato?: Charcas, 5a (USNM). Hidalgo: Grutas Xoxafi, 

 6.6 miles southeast of Yoltepec [= Yolotepec?, 6,600 feet]. Is (KU); 2 miles west 

 of Jacala, 5,500 feet, 3a (USNM); Rfo Tasquillo (Rio de Tula), 5,200 feet, 16 

 miles east [=12 miles south-southeast?] of Zimapdn, Is (TCWC). Jalisco: San 

 Andres [4,900 feet], 10 miles west of Magdalena, 3s (UMMZ) ; San Pedro, Guadala- 

 jara, Is (AMNH). Mexico: Convento de Acolman, 9 miles north of Mexico, 

 Distrito Federal, Is (IB); Lago Texcoco, 7,500 feet, la (USNM). Morelos: 

 Cuernavaca [4,900 feet], la (USNM). Oaxaca: Oaxaca [Motne Alb^n, 6,500 feet, 



3 miles southwest of Oaxaca], la (USNM). San Luis PoTOsf : Bledos [6,200 feet], 

 Is (LSU)l; Presa de Guadalupe [4,000 feet] Is (LSU). Zacatecas: Sierra de Val- 

 paraiso [13 miles west of Valparaiso, 8,200 feet]. Is (USNM). "Mexico": No 

 exact locality, lb (USNM). 



Additional records: The following records probably refer to this 

 form : 



MEXICO: Distrito Federal: Desierto de los Leones [measurements taken 

 by Villa in 1958, according to my instructions, agree fairly well with those of 

 P. t. australis] (Villa R., 1953, p. 340). San Luis PoTOsf; Hacienda La Parada 

 [6,000 feet] (Miller, 1897, p. 53). 



Plecotus townsendii ingens Handley 



Corynorhinus rafinesquei rafinesquei Sealander, 1951, p. 465. 

 Corynorhinus townsendii ingens Handley, 1955c, p. 148. 



Holotype: USNM 296767; adult male, skin and skull; collected 



4 December 1950 by John A. Sealander; Hewlitt Cave, 12 miles west 

 of Fayetteville, Washington County, Ark; collector's No. 50-14. 



Distribution: Ozark Highlands in northwestern Arkansas and 

 southwestern Missouri (fig. 23) ; possibly also extreme eastern Okla- 

 homa. North to Stone County, Missouri. South to Washington 

 County, Ark. Zonal distribution, Upper Austral. Altitudin9.1 dis- 

 tribution, approximately 1,000 to 1,500 feet. 



Description: Adult coloration: Mass effect of upperparts be- 

 tween Hazel and Mars Brown; hair bases Fuscous. Hair of under- 

 parts between Light Viiiaceous-Cinnamon and Light Pinkish Cinna- 

 mon distally, the bases, except those bordering membranes, Fuscous; 

 bases of border hairs same as tips. Distinction between bases and 

 tips of hairs fairly sharp, on both dorsum and underparts. 



